I work in Newcastle fairly regularly and actually get to spend a fair amount of time on the Quayside. Over the bridge is Gateshead and the Sage Centre, and just along the way is ‘the Baltic’, currently shownig an exhibition by Damien Hirst. I’ll have to make the time to visit one lunch hour.

I’ve just been working through a series of pictures taken with a home made zoneplate. These all stemmed from an idea that using the soft focus and dispersed highlights would allow me to reduce the scene’s to a minimum. I have made some test prints and will set about final prints when i get some more matte paper.